Extra-minate! (From Western Telegraph)

Extra-minate!

Aspiring actor Oliver Hopkins gets exterminated on his first-ever television appearance - and he couldn't be more delighted.

For 19-year-old Oliver's assassins are none other than the deadly Dr Who villains, the Daleks!

Meeting his fate at close proximity to some of the small screen's most famous baddies has been a thrilling experience for the former Greenhill School and Pembrokeshire College student.

"I'm on the book of Phoenix Agency in Swansea and had a day's work as an extra for the filming of Dr Who, in Newport," explained Oliver, of Cambrian Cottages, Stepaside. "It was really good fun."

As well as meeting the show's stars, Billie Piper and Christopher Eccleston, Oliver was able to see the workings of a Dalek and stood inside the famous Tardis.

Now he is keeping his fingers crossed that his TV debut gets screened. "I'm pretty realistic about the fact it could be edited out, or you might only get to see my arm," he admitted. "But even so, I've had a brilliant experience and it won't look bad on my CV." Pictured: Oliver faces one of the Doctor's arch-enemies - the Daleks.